Jill Cook

Broschiertes Buch

The Swimming Reindeer

Beschreibung

Discovered in 1866 as two separate pieces and acquired by the British Museum in 1887, the sculpture known as the 'swimming reindeer' depicts a male and a female reindeer with their heads up and legs extended, and was created at least 13,000 years ago.

Autor

Jill Cook is the Keeper of the Britain, Europe and Prehistory Department at the British Museum. She curated the exhibition Ice Age Art: the arrival of the modern mind in 2013 and is the curator of the exhibition Ice Age Art Now at Cliffe Castle, Keighley, part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture celebrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: British Museum Press
• Seitenzahl: 55
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 142mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 146g
• ISBN-13: 9780714128214
• ISBN-10: 071412821X
• Artikelnr.: 31201427